For Tatiana Bilbao, what she does every day is far from purely a profession, rather, it is an integral component of her identity. “I don’t work as an architect, I am an architect,” she says over Zoom from her studio in Mexico City. “It’s part of my being, like being a mum. I’m a mum architect.” While this means the boundaries between work and life are inevitably blurred, Bilbao views this enmeshment as a privilege, a reminder she’s living her passion.
Even from a very young age, Bilbao knew she “was an architect, always”, which is unsurprising, given the vocation is in her blood. Her grandfather
